On Sunday evening, Goshen Monologues hosted its twelfth annual performance in the Church Chapel. Centered on the feminine experience, the Monologues committee collects anonymously submitted stories, and then holds an open casting call to find people to perform those stories. At the beginning of the show, members of the Monologues committee asked that the audience not clap in between pieces. Madeline Bollinger, a senior elementary education major and member of the Monologues committee, shared her thoughts on this practice. “I like to think of it as leaving some silence and space for people to consider what they’ve just heard and...

By Annabelle Bartz • March 13, 2025 • News

Last Sunday, on Jan. 12, the Goshen College Hershberger Art Gallery presented an opening reception for the exhibit “Aspects of the Feminine” by Laurie Rousseau, a local artist from South Bend, Indiana. The artist talked about her previous work and what led her to create “Aspects of the Feminine,” then followed her talk with questions from the public, which was partially made up of students from different art classes. Sara Method, assistant professor of art and chair of the art department said, “One of our big goals with our art gallery is to show a variety of artwork from a...

By Ana Alves Machado • January 16, 2025 • Arts

The feminine experience is something that cannot be summed up in words, or confined to general concepts. The feminine experience is a human life lived, in all its different cultures, contexts and colors: an identity that is made by the individual who lives it. This is a subject that the Queen Singers of Goshen College, a group made up of BIPOC women singers, have discussed. How do they want to convey the feminine experience? It may be through songs of empowerment like Alicia Keys’ “Girl is Fire,” or through songs about heartbreak and vulnerability like Yebba’s “Evergreen.” In these interview...

By Ana Yoder • March 14, 2024 • Features

A mass email was sent out to many women on the Goshen College campus. They were asked to provide the best piece of advice they have received. Women of all ages, races and cultural backgrounds were asked the same question, but the common denominator was the same: sharing the feminine experience.                                                                                                                                       “In the journey of womanhood, I’ve discovered that change is inevitable and s—- happens. That’s right, SHIFT happens! Life presents challenges, but with each shift, we adapt and rise. Throughout our transformative journeys, my advice is to establish boundaries, identify your support system, embrace vulnerability, and navigate each...

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